Costa Rica at the FIFA World Cup

[12][13][14] Sports-news outlets such as Goal and Mundo Deportivo rank Costa Rica's performance in 2014 as one of the biggest surprises in FIFA World Cup history.

[15][16] Such a performance at the World Cup boosted Costa Rica's prestige in the international scene, as fifteen of the twenty-three players of the squad changed teams in the two transfer windows following the World Cup,[17] including goalkeeper Keylor Navas signing for Real Madrid.

[19][20][21][22][23] Costa Rica ranks third in FIFA World Cup appearances within the CONCACAF region, and first within the UNCAF subregion, in which they hold as many participations as the rest of Central America combined.

[27] Fifteen Costa Ricans have scored for the national team throughout their six participations at the FIFA World Cup.

In addition to those players, Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer scored an own goal for Costa Rica in 2018.

Costa Rica during the 2014 FIFA World Cup , where they achieved their best performance
Costa Rica inaugurated the 2006 FIFA World Cup by playing against hosts Germany